Graphic Designer

Crawford Group (www.crawfordgroup.com) is seeking a Graphic Designer to join our client's team. Looking for an exceptional (mid-level to senior) Graphic Designer that exhibits superb communication skills as well as problem-solving, design-oriented solutions, and high production skills to tackle day-to-day design assignments. In this role, you have experience working through a large queue of projects, moving things quickly (and efficiently) while also being highly detail-oriented about quality control and a high-end output. You will be responsible for the accuracy, quality, and development of final art files for print and digital deliverables based on existing toolkits. The designer must be able to effectively manage multiple active projects to meet tight deadlines and be able to implement revisions thoroughly and within the time frame assigned.

As a designer, you will also contribute to the broader creative vision of the global design team, and work closely with other designers and the Creative Director, project managers, copywriters, and marketing managers to define and brand experiences across digital, motion, web, print and event (experiential) design.

This is a part-time, project based opportunity. Weekly work hours will ebb and flow (0-40 hours per week) dependent on incoming project requests.

About Crawford Group.

We are revolutionizing how marketing gets done! Crawford Group provides expert marketing, digital, creative, events, and communications talent solutions for marketers.

Our customers want flexibility in their workforce solutions and need experts with the skills and capabilities to deliver on revenue and pipeline growth through marketing activities. At Crawford Group we believe in developing collaborative customer relationships to create the best talent solution for their marketing organization’s needs.

In this role you will:

• Have impeccable attention to detail and passion for a job well done
• Bring a strong and sophisticated sense of design, with excellent typography skills, and a deep understanding of design principles- and be able to provide constructive and thoughtful feedback to other designers in the team
• Execute the production of global events
• Manage your workload efficiently, with help from project managers and project management systems (Workfront)
• Create, iterate, present, and deliver exceptional design solutions
• Work within a defined but dynamic (and always evolving) visual/brand system
• Design and edit templated sell sheets, brochures, reports, digital and printed materials. Working closely with other designers that will oversee your work
• Complete quick edits to prior jobs
• Resize and adapt files to new specifications or media
• Create and update Microsoft Word and Powerpoint templates
• Design and execute social cards based on templates
• Efficiently execute a high volume of sales collateral projects from start to finish in a fast-paced environment
• Accurately make the client’s and proofreader's editorial revisions from annotated PDFs; raise concerns when needed
• Maintain and follow consistent server organization and file naming conventions of existing structure and process
• Work on both PC and Mac platforms; design will be on the Mac
• Communicate and collaborate globally with other designers
• Be a proactive problem solver and effective communicator
• Work alongside marketing stakeholders and address feedback in a timely and thoughtful manner
• Be cool under pressure. Detail-oriented, self-motivated, organized, and able to multitask

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Prior in-house creative services, studio, non-profit, museum, educational experience preferred
• Work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment, with a “do-it-all” attitude with the ability to take on both large and small tasks
• Expert knowledge of print production and digital prepress processes
• Expertise in the event design space, both in-person and digital
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), and Microsoft Office
• Obsessed with typography and creative problem-solving
• Ability to review own work for quality control against client’s request
• Ability to receive and implement art direction through layout revisions
• Ability to work within and expand upon a dynamic and defined visual/brand system
• Experience in photographic selection, cropping, and minor retouching is essential
• Ability to mock up concepts for presentation, both digitally and physically
• Strong printing/prepress skills with the ability to create and review file image quality, color space accuracy, and proper mechanical setup prior to releasing for final printing
• Experience with Workfront a plus
• Experience in Sketch, Sketch Up, and WordPress a plus

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in production and graphic design
• Ability to work in a high-volume and fast-paced environment
• Proven examples in a portfolio of the type of production work listed above (event architecture design, brochures, reports, digital assets, pre-press, color)
• Strong track record both as an individual contributor and as a key member of a team
• Strong communication skills, approachable, and driven
• Managing your own project schedules and job ownership to meet deadlines
• A portfolio that demonstrates extraordinary design ability across a wide range of media including digital, social, print, and events (motion a plus)
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop + After Effects a plus)

Location: Remote

Duration: Consulting through December 2024. Part-time, project based. Weekly work hours will ebb and flow (0-40 hours per week) dependent on incoming project requests

Rate: D.O.E., W2 consultant of Crawford Group

Committed to Diversity.

We believe in approaching every interaction with honor, respect, and positive intent. Building diverse teams that foster creativity, innovative thinking, and opportunity for all. Ultimately, we know that our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us all forward every day.